Bernie's "political revolution" will require a Democratic Congress

[Cali_Democrat]

Last edited Tue Jan 5, 2016, 05:07 PM - Edit history (1)

No Democratic control of Congress? No political revolution. If Bernie becomes President, he will need a lot of help from Congress if he wants to get his agenda through.

This means Bernie supporters will need to give money to organizations like the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC. These organizations help Democrats get elected.

There will be no political revolution, no breaking up of the big banks if the Republicans are still in full control of Congress.

Here's where you can donate to help get more Dems elected.

https://my.democrats.org/page/contribute/help-elect-democrats-demsdotorg

http://dccc.org/

http://www.dscc.org/

[virtualobserver]

1. that is actually not what it means

In order to take control of Congress, Bernie has to nationalize the election and motivate people to go to the polls.

What have the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC accomplished in the recent past? Not much.

[Teamster Jeff]

3. Giving money to every corporate weenie with a D after his name is what they do

And if they get elected they vote with Republicans anyway

[Alfresco]

2. Thanks for the links. I support the Democratic Party. I am a Democrat.

[HerbChestnut]

4. When he's elected do your part to get more progressives into office.

Notice I said 'progressives' and not 'Democrats'.

[TM99]

5. The DNC under DWS has lost more local and state elections

than they have won.

Sanders is playing the game. He is giving support as he can.

The people, not these fucking organizations, are the ones that elect the Democrats necessary to enact all of the change we need.

Enthusiastic supporters who aren't betrayed on day one by a President will turn out. Enthusiastic supporters will continue to fight and elect those necessary.

Clinton lacks that enthusiasm. Sanders does not.

[HassleCat]

6. It will require a progressive Congress.

The last time that happened, it was largely a Republican effort.

[angrychair]

7. Really??

These three organizations have done nothing but lose the House and Senate in the last several years...definition of insanity

[Blue_Adept]

8. There will be no political revolution

The system is full broken and bought with no intentions of being fixed.

While there are very important things that happen with each election, which is why I vote Democratic, as a whole large scale changes are no longer achievable without something truly significant happening, like on a 9/11 scale.

Everything at this stage short of that is just incremental, which is progress and what most people are capable of accepting as too much more really does "break" a lot of people, like the post-9/11 landscape of fear.